10 things you need to know before the opening bell

The Fenway Park grounds crew pulled a tarp over the field as it started to rain during the Boston Red Sox's workout.

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Here
is what you need to know.

The stock-market meltdown relents with a global
rally. Global markets are in rally mode after two
days of heavy selling, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng (+2.12%) pacing
the advance in Asia and Britain's FTSE (+0.69%) out front in
Europe. The S&P 500 is set to open up 1.3% near 2,764.

Gold logs its biggest gain since Brexit. Thursday's
stock-market sell-off sparked a flight to safety that sent the
yellow metal up 2.46% to more than $1,224 an ounce, making for
its biggest gain since the Brexit vote in June 2016.

Square has been getting demolished. Shares of the
payments company plunged nearly 11% Thursday after the unexpected
resignation of CFO Sarah Friar. They have lost more than 30%
since hitting a record high on October 1.